Sen. Mattie Hunter
Filed: 4/11/2008
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2476
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2476 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | ||||||
5 | Commission to Study Disproportionate Justice Impact Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. Purpose. There is created a Commission to Study | ||||||
7 | Disproportionate Justice Impact. The Commission shall: | ||||||
8 | (1) study the nature and extent of the harm caused to | ||||||
9 | minority communities through the practical application of | ||||||
10 | the violation and sentencing provisions of the Illinois | ||||||
11 | Vehicle Code, the Criminal Code of 1961, the Cannabis | ||||||
12 | Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the | ||||||
13 | Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, and | ||||||
14 | the Unified Code of Corrections; | ||||||
15 | (2) develop specific findings on the nature and extent | ||||||
16 | of the harm caused to minority communities; and |
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1 | (3) offer recommendations for legislation and policy | ||||||
2 | changes to address the disproportionate impact that even | ||||||
3 | facially neutral laws can have on minority communities. | ||||||
4 | Section 10. Composition. The Commission shall be composed | ||||||
5 | of the following members: | ||||||
6 | (a) Two members of the Senate appointed by the Senate | ||||||
7 | President, one of whom the President shall designate to | ||||||
8 | serve as co-chair, and two members of the Senate appointed | ||||||
9 | by the Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
10 | (b) Two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
11 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
12 | one of whom the Speaker shall designate to serve as | ||||||
13 | co-chair, and two members of the House of Representatives | ||||||
14 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
15 | Representatives. | ||||||
16 | (c) The following persons or their designees: | ||||||
17 | (1)
the Attorney General, | ||||||
18 | (2)
the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook | ||||||
19 | County, | ||||||
20 | (3)
the Director of State Police, | ||||||
21 | (4)
the Superintendent of the Chicago Police | ||||||
22 | Department, | ||||||
23 | (5) the sheriff of Cook County, | ||||||
24 | (6)
the State Appellate Defender, | ||||||
25 | (7)
the Cook County Public Defender, |
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1 | (8)
the Director of the Office of the State's | ||||||
2 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, | ||||||
3 | (9) the Cook County State's Attorney, | ||||||
4 | (10)
the Executive Director of the Criminal | ||||||
5 | Justice Information Authority, | ||||||
6 | (11)
the Director of Corrections, | ||||||
7 | (12) the Director of Juvenile Justice, and | ||||||
8 | (13)
the Executive Director of the Illinois | ||||||
9 | African-American Family Commission.
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10 | (d) The co-chairs may name up to 8 persons, | ||||||
11 | representing minority communities within Illinois, groups | ||||||
12 | involved in the improvement of the administration of | ||||||
13 | justice, behavioral health, criminal justice, law | ||||||
14 | enforcement, and the rehabilitation of former inmates, | ||||||
15 | community groups, and other interested parties.
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16 | Section 15. Compensation; support. The members of the | ||||||
17 | Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be | ||||||
18 | reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred as a result of | ||||||
19 | their duties as members of the Commission from funds | ||||||
20 | appropriated by the General Assembly for that purpose. The | ||||||
21 | Criminal Justice Information Authority shall provide staff and | ||||||
22 | administrative support services to the Commission. | ||||||
23 | Section 20. Meetings; report. The Commission shall hold | ||||||
24 | one or more public hearings, at which public testimony shall be |
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1 | heard. The Commission shall report its findings and | ||||||
2 | recommendations to the General Assembly on or before December | ||||||
3 | 31, 2009, after which the Commission shall dissolve.".
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